Thanksgiving in Firebaugh

Thanksgiving Basket for the Ramirez Family,
including all the ingredients for a tamale dinner

Trailer park in Firebaugh (car belongs to
trailer next door)

The Ramirez' trailer in Firebaugh

Doug and Mae Pafford delivered the Thanksgiving food basket to the Ramirez family in Firebaugh on Saturday morning on behalf of the Tuesday morning womens' Bible Study class.  Gloria Ramirez lives there with her three children: two boys, ages 6 and 5 and a girl age 3.  They are currently staying with a neighbor because the power has been shut off in their trailer. 

Mae said, "She was so appreciative and there was almost nothing inside the home.  Some of the flooring was missing and many signs of poverty.  This often happens when field workers have no work in the winter.  Grace (Pendleton)--our Bible Study leader-- said we could ask about bringing food for Christmas and she said she would love it. We also got the children's sizes and thought it would be nice to buy sweat shirts etc. for children.  Also, age appropriate toys.

"It is at these times God shows us just how thankful we should be.  I left a thank you note to her for letting us come and bring this food.  I told her she had blessed us by letting us help her family."--Mae Pafford

Doug and Mae Pafford lived and taught in Dos Palos for many years and are very familiar with the farming economy of the San Joaquin Valley's west side.

Thank you, Doug and Mae, and thank you ladies of the Tuesday morning Bible class for putting your faith into action!

"What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?  Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.  If one of you says to him, 'Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,' but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?  In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."  James 2:14-17 (New International Version)
--Posted by Mama O.